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| 2606 | |
2606 | |
| 2607 | =head2 C<ev_stat> - did the file attributes just change? |
2607 | =head2 C<ev_stat> - did the file attributes just change? |
| 2608 | |
2608 | |
| 2609 | This watches a file system path for attribute changes. That is, it calls |
2609 | This watches a file system path for attribute changes. That is, it calls |
| 2610 | C<stat> on that path in regular intervals (or when the OS says it changed) |
2610 | C<stat> on that path in regular intervals (or when the OS says it changed) |
| 2611 | and sees if it changed compared to the last time, invoking the callback if |
2611 | and sees if it changed compared to the last time, invoking the callback |
| 2612 | it did. |
2612 | if it did. Starting the watcher C<stat>'s the file, so only changes that |
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2613 | happen after the watcher has been started will be reported. |
| 2613 | |
2614 | |
| 2614 | The path does not need to exist: changing from "path exists" to "path does |
2615 | The path does not need to exist: changing from "path exists" to "path does |
| 2615 | not exist" is a status change like any other. The condition "path does not |
2616 | not exist" is a status change like any other. The condition "path does not |
| 2616 | exist" (or more correctly "path cannot be stat'ed") is signified by the |
2617 | exist" (or more correctly "path cannot be stat'ed") is signified by the |
| 2617 | C<st_nlink> field being zero (which is otherwise always forced to be at |
2618 | C<st_nlink> field being zero (which is otherwise always forced to be at |
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| 3177 | |
3178 | |
| 3178 | =over 4 |
3179 | =over 4 |
| 3179 | |
3180 | |
| 3180 | =item ev_embed_init (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop) |
3181 | =item ev_embed_init (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop) |
| 3181 | |
3182 | |
| 3182 | =item ev_embed_set (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop) |
3183 | =item ev_embed_set (ev_embed *, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop) |
| 3183 | |
3184 | |
| 3184 | Configures the watcher to embed the given loop, which must be |
3185 | Configures the watcher to embed the given loop, which must be |
| 3185 | embeddable. If the callback is C<0>, then C<ev_embed_sweep> will be |
3186 | embeddable. If the callback is C<0>, then C<ev_embed_sweep> will be |
| 3186 | invoked automatically, otherwise it is the responsibility of the callback |
3187 | invoked automatically, otherwise it is the responsibility of the callback |
| 3187 | to invoke it (it will continue to be called until the sweep has been done, |
3188 | to invoke it (it will continue to be called until the sweep has been done, |
